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For the savvy art lover, the Utah Arts Festival is a smart, fun way to accumulate wonderful works of art without having to pay gallery prices. One superb example of this is Salt Lake City resident Jodi Steen (booth 100), whose works have a look of classical Modernism, but she charges a fraction of what you might pay at galleries in town for pieces strikingly similar.
As it is every year, the Utah Arts Festival’s Fear No Film festival showcases funky local variety in its Utah Short Film of the Year program—this one perhaps even funkier and more varied than usual. University film programs, local competitions from throughout the previous year and productions by non-profit organizations mix in a program that runs from light-hearted animation to grim psychological drama—but the upbeat works were among the most satisfying.
The state of Utah's fight against gay marriage took a hit Wednesday when a panel of judges from federal court of appeals ruled that the state's law forbidding same-sex couples to wed is unconstitutional. The loss at the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, in Denver, means that if Utah wants to continue its fight against gay marriage, it will have to take its case to the entire 10th Circuit court, or U.S. Supreme Court.
Dear GYA, Today's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Utah is a huge travesty. According to my personal religious beliefs (that everyone should follow), marriage by definition is between a bigoted man and sheltered woman.
On Friday, July 11, The Goldener Hirsch Inn & Restaurant in Deer Valley will host what sounds like a unique, fun and tasty wine dinner. --- Winemaker Douglas McCombs, of Utah's Iron Gate Winery, will be on hand to discuss his wines and to pour four of them to accompany a pork-centered menu created by Goldener Hirsch chef Ryan Burnham.�
For those engrossed in the NPR lifestyle, even the most avid listener has to agree that the programming can be a tad too serious for it's own good, and needs the occasional breath of humor. --- With names like Lakshmi Singh becoming an online meme and shows like Wait, Wait...
A month after threatening to slap down Snowbird’s nine weekend-long Oktoberfest celebration, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Tuesday did an about face, giving unanimous approval to Snowbird’s request to pour beer at the event. In May, the UDABC commission announced it would intensify the scrutiny it gives to single-event permits, which Snowbird has used to put on Oktoberfest.
Kiss and Def Leppard performed at Usana Amphitheatre on Monday, and it was everything that the meeting of two titans should be: hair, power stances, makeup and ROCK.--- Check out photos from the show below.
Hey kids, this is Part 2 of interviews with all the finalists from Velour's recent Battle Of The Bands. --- If you missed Part 1, click this link to read interviews with The May Reunion and Static Waves, unless you've already read it, and in that case, press on!
